Cocktail cloche

Kurzman

ca. 1922 · silk · Costume Institute

Amelia Beard Hollenback (1877-1869) was the daughter of prominent financier and philanthropist John Welles Hollenback (1835-1927). This stylish 1922 cloche features the wide brim popular throughout the 1920s. The design features an interesting play of textures and light in the use of both delicate and heavy materials, especially the sheer brim and veiled and satin-wrapped crown.

Artist

Kurzman

Date

ca. 1922

Medium

silk

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Amelia Beard Hollenback, 1966